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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-08-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000761b.htm person Roth Walter Edmund AACR2 2 April 1861 5 April 1933 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Georgetown, British Guiana Ethnologist Physician Walter Roth was appointed the first Northern Protector of Aborigines 1898 and was based in Cooktown Queensland. In 1904-1906 he was Chief Protector and part of his duties was to record Aboriginal cultures. He published widely and became internationally known for his work. 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1892 1892 Career position - President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938) Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section F (Ethnology and Anthropology) 1892

 Klaatsch, Hermann (1863 - 1916) Roth, Reuter Emerich (1858 - 1924) Roth, Henry Ling (1855 - 1925)

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 Roth, Walter Edmund (1861-1933)

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 'Roth, Walter Edmund', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Roth, Walter Edmund Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Hermann Klaatsch and the Tiwi, 1906 Stehlik, Brigitte Hermann Klaatsch and the Tiwi, 1906 Canberra ANU Press 1986 Aboriginal history journal 10 59-77 Journal Article: Indigenous Australians and German anthropology in the era of "decolonization" Fitzpatrick, Matthew P. Indigenous Australians and German anthropology in the era of "decolonization" Cambridge University Press 2020 Historical journal 63 3 686-709 Journal Article: Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907 Pelayo, Francisco Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907 Spain Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2023 Culture & history digital journal 12 1 14 Journal Article: Acacias and Aesulapius: Walter Edmond Roth, 1861-1933 Pearn, J. Acacias and Aesulapius: Walter Edmond Roth, 1861-1933 1994 Medical Journal of Australia 161 3 216-7 Book Section: Walter and Henry Ling Roth: "On the Significance of Couvade": the Place of Australia and British Guiana in the Fin de Siècle Debate Concerning the History of Humanity McDougall, Russell Walter and Henry Ling Roth: "On the Significance of Couvade": the Place of Australia and British Guiana in the <span style="font-style:italic">Fin de Siècle</span> Debate Concerning the History of Humanity St Lucia University of Queensland Press 2002 To the Islands: Australia and the Caribbean McDougall, Russell 61-67 Book: Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines Roth, Walter Edmund Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines Brisbane Government Printer 1897 Journal Article: Walter Edmund Roth: ethnographic collector and Aboriginal Protector McGregor, Russell and Fuary, Maureen Walter Edmund Roth: ethnographic collector and Aboriginal Protector 2016 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - culture 10 43-58 Journal Article: Dr W. E. Roth: flawed force of the frontier Whitehall, J. Dr W. E. Roth: flawed force of the frontier 2002 Journal of Australian studies 26 75 59-69 Book: Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume III: items collected from McDonnell Electric Telegraph Office, McIvor River, Mapoon and the Pennfeather and Wenlock Rivers, Maytown, Mitchell River, Morehead River, Moreton Electric Telegraph Office and Musgrave in 1897 - 1903 Khan, K. Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume III: items collected from McDonnell Electric Telegraph Office, McIvor River, Mapoon and the Pennfeather and Wenlock Rivers, Maytown, Mitchell River, Morehead River, Moreton Electric Telegraph Office and Musgrave in 1897 - 1903 Sydney Australian Museum 2003 Book: Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume II: items collected from Cairns, Cape Bedford, Cape Grafton, Cape Melville, Cardwell, Clump Point, Coen, Cooktown, Dunk Island, False Cape, Flinders Island, Hambledon, Herberton, Hinchinbrook Island, Ingham, Innisfail, Johnstone River, Kuranda, in 1887 - 1904 Khan, K. Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume II: items collected from Cairns, Cape Bedford, Cape Grafton, Cape Melville, Cardwell, Clump Point, Coen, Cooktown, Dunk Island, False Cape, Flinders Island, Hambledon, Herberton, Hinchinbrook Island, Ingham, Innisfail, Johnstone River, Kuranda, in 1887 - 1904 Sydney Australian Museum 1996 Book: Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume IV: items collected from Nassau River, Night Island, Palmer River, Peak Point Electric Telegraph Office, Princess Charlotte Bay, Staaten River, Starcke River, Tinaroo, Tully River, Vanrook and Weipa (Embley River) in 1896 - 1903 Khan, K. Catalogue of the Roth Collection of Aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland, volume IV: items collected from Nassau River, Night Island, Palmer River, Peak Point Electric Telegraph Office, Princess Charlotte Bay, Staaten River, Starcke River, Tinaroo, Tully River, Vanrook and Weipa (Embley River) in 1896 - 1903 Sydney Australian Museum 2004 Book Section: The Man Who Collected Everything: WE Roth Kahn, Kate The Man Who Collected Everything: WE Roth Carlton Melbourne University Press 2008 The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections Peterson, Nicolas, Allen, Lindy and Hamby, Louise 163-86 Book Section: The legacy of a lazy character: Walter Roth's contribution to the ethnography collection of the Queensland Museum Robins, R. The legacy of a lazy character: Walter Roth's contribution to the ethnography collection of the Queensland Museum Walnut Creek, California Left Coast Press 2008 The Roth family, anthropology and colonial administration McDougall, R. and Davidson, I. 171-80 Journal Article: Walter E. Roth Herskivits, M. J. Walter E. Roth 1934 American Anthropologist 36 2 266-70 Journal Article: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Book Section: The life and times of Walter Roth in north Queensland: the first Protector, the Australian Museum and scandal Khan, K. The life and times of Walter Roth in north Queensland: the first Protector, the Australian Museum and scandal Walnut Creek, California Left Coast Press 2008 The Roth family, anthropology and colonial administration McDougall, R. and Davidson, I. 181-91 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Walter Edmund Roth - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Walter Edmund Roth - Records ML MSS 43 1901 - 1910 North Queensland Ethnographic Bulletins 1-5, 7-18, 1901-1910, printed with manuscript additions and corrections by Roth. 2 volumes Walter Edmund Roth - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Walter Edmund Roth - Records Uncatalogued MSS SET 216 1899 'Reports on Aborigines of Queensland 1899' [1 box, uncatalogued MSS set 216, and microfilm Cy208]. 1 box Microfilm Walter Edmund Roth - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Walter Edmund Roth - Records MS 8722 1901 Grammar of Koko Yimidir by Dr W. E. Roth, assisted by Pastor G. H. Schwarz and Pastor W. Poland, of the Hopevale Lutheran Mission, North Queensland, 1 April 1901. Photocopy of typescript. 1 volume Walter Edmund Roth - Records Private hands (Reynolds, B.) Walter Edmund Roth - Records 1861 - 1933 Records and information accumulated in the preparation of a biography of Roth. Walter Edmund Roth - Records Queensland State Archives Walter Edmund Roth - Records 1898 - 1907 Records in the various series c1898-1907 [EDU/A338 and HOM/J20, 1906/10754; HOM/A44 1903/3355]. See also the Queensland Votes and Proceedings, and Parliamentary Papers 1898-1906. Walter Edmund Roth - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Walter Edmund Roth - Records MS 8721 1901 Dictionary of Koko Yimidir, by Dr W. E. Roth, assisted by Pastor G. H. Schwarz and Pastor W. Poland, of the Hopevale Lutheran Mission, North Queensland. Photocopy of the typescript. 1 volume Walter Edmund Roth - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Walter Edmund Roth - Records ML MSS 1131 1905 - 1912 Records, letters and reports by Roth contained in the papers of Walter Malcolmson 1905-1912. 1 box